My Son Died 17 Years Ago While Playing in a Pool. It Changed Me.

Karen shared her personal story of tragedy and advocacy in a moving first-person essay for Insider titled My Son Died 17 Years Ago While Playing in a Pool. It Changed Me. “As parents, we thought we did everything we could to protect our child from drowning… Until then, we were unaware of the potential dangers below the surface.”

The work of The ZAC Foundation, which Karen co-founded, is more important now than ever as drowning remains one of the leading causes of death among children.

Read Karen’s full essay and share it with your friends, families, and networks.